Department of EnergyIssuing agency·Richland, WA·via the SAM.gov Get Opportunities APIBattelle is requesting information in regard to the fabrication of U-10Mo as noted in the attached Request for Information (RFI) document. The information to be provided is noted in Section 4, Request for Information Tasks, RFI document. Please note that Battelle will be compiling any and all questions submitted in response to the RFI and providing feedback as noted in Section 5, RFI Schedule, of the RFI document.
Please feel free to contact me directly if there are any questions in regard to the request.
Thanks
Chris Martin
Contracting Specialist
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Phone: 509-372-6026
E-mail: Christopher.martin@pnnl.gov
The work covers three major areas: production of U-10Mo alloy from Government-furnished HALEU and low-carbon arc-cast molybdenum by vacuum induction melting, sampling, homogenization and machining to ingot; fabrication of fuel foil by hot co-roll bonding with zirconium interlayer to master foil and cold rolling to final child foil with trimming and inspection; fabrication of fuel plate by HIP-can assembly, electron-beam welding, hot isostatic pressing, decanning, roller leveling, wet polishing and nondestructive examination; and fuel assembly by plate forming, swaging into side plates, end-fitting welding, final machining, boehmite coating and final inspection to support about 10,000 plates and 200 elements per year in a roughly 25,000 square foot facility with high-bay space and industrial utilities.
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